Ouachita Parish Task Force

Recently several agencies in Ouachita Parish teamed up and hit the streets. District Attorney Jerry Jones, Louisiana State Police Troop-F, Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office, University of Louisiana at Monroe Police Department, and the West Monroe Police Department were all participants in the Multi-Agency Task Force.

The primary purpose of the Task Force was to target known problem areas within Ouachita Parish. Officers patrolled these areas looking for any suspicious persons, vehicles, and activities.

The Task Force operated August 17-18 and also August 24-25. The following are the stats for both weekends.

Arrests

• Warrant Arrests: 44
• Drug Arrests: 84
• Other Felony or Misdemeanor Arrests: 14
• DWI Arrests: 3
• Total Operation Arrests: 145

• Citations Issued: 34
• Knock and Talks: 6

Drug Seizures

Seizures reflect one or more arrests with exceptions of 1/4 ounce and 1/8 ounce bags of marijuana and marijuana cigarettes in which totals for the month are combined

Marijuana

• 6 Pounds of marijuana
• 1.4 ounces
• 13 marijuana cigarettes
• 60 1/8 oz bags
• 3 1/4 oz bag
• 1 1/4 oz bag of synthetic marijuana

Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Heroin, Ecstasy, PCP

• 10 rock of crack cocaine
• 1 Gram of Methamphetamine
• 1 Gram of Powder cocaine

Prescription Pills

• 77 units of Prescription Pills

Other Seizures

• $3,738.00 cash (Seized)
• 1 Dell Laptop (Stolen)
• 1 Dell computer Monitor
• 1 Benjamin air rifle with scope
• 5 Swords
• 1 32” Flat Screen TV
• 1 Smith and Wesson .40 Cal Pistol
• 1 Derringer Pistol .22 Cal
• 1 Hi Standard .22 Cal Pistol (with obliterated Ser#)
• 1 Hi Point 9mm Pistol
• 1 2007 Chevrolet Impala (Seized for Forfeiture)
• 1 Mossberg 500 12 gauge Shotgun
• 1 Western Field 12 gauge Shotgun
• 1 Marlin .22 Cal Rifle
• 1 Rosse .38 Cal Revolver